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adamrsilva Donating Member (636 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 02:06 PM
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Will the winner of the IA caucus change your support?
I mean, strategically at least? I know everyone has their candidate, but depending on what happens, your second choice could come into play. I'm a Dean supporter, and I really only like Dean or Clark for the nomination. Kerry's surge in IA, particularly, worries me. If he wins, he could take second in NH back from Clark, or even top Dean for first. If Dean were to lose IA and NH, I would definitely have to change my support to Wesley Clark. Would anyone change their support depending on who wins IA and/or NH?
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 02:07 PM
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1. You could count me in County Kerry ;)
Chances are I could but it would be dual, heck with Edwards now it could be a tri lol.
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dfong63 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 02:09 PM
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2. Dean all the way - i will not vote for Clark, ever
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Joe the Revelator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 02:11 PM
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5. ABB for me.
I'm a Clark supporter, but i personally wouldn't not vote for my party even though i think that Dean is a weak canidate.

Edwards would probably be my number two.
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poskonig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 02:09 PM
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3. Yes.
If Dean wins Iowa and it boils down to a two way race in NH between Dean and Clark, I'll be rooting for Dean. But if Senator Kerry is the winner in Iowa, I'll remain with him.
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jmaier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 02:11 PM
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4. Not at this stage.
I'm all for Wes Clark but a Kerry resurgence strengthens my support for him as choice #2.

I think either Clark or Kerry have the gravitas and credibility to show well and defeat * with a slight edge to Clark. I like Edwards very much but I don't see him as experienced enough in key areas to have a strong chance of winning in Nov.
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CabalBuster Donating Member (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 02:13 PM
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6. Is either Dean or None
I used to be a Kucinich supporter and there is no way I will vote for a Washington insider who voted for the war and the Patriot Act. I rather stay home. If Bush wins is because we nominated a Bush lite candidate and we have no one else to blame. My support is not transferable.
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mojo2004 Donating Member (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 02:17 PM
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10. A freeper thread claims Kucinich is...
gonna throw his support to Edwards if he doesn't crack 15%. Supportively heard on MSNBC live.
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 02:25 PM
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15. Being freepers
they misunderstood the actual situation.

Kucinich and Edwards have worked out a sort of mutual assistance pact, since they are strong in different parts of the state.
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JPJones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 02:18 PM
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12. Me too
I'm going to take all my marbles and go home. But not before I knock the Monopoly game off the table onto the floor.

I heard that Dean had young supporters, I didn't realize they were 5 years old.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 02:27 PM
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17. I can understand your frustration
But do you need to be so insulting?
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emulatorloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 02:44 PM
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19. Good! Bush supports your decision to stay home
to punish the Dems and will reward you with three shiny new Supreme Court justices.
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lurk_no_more Donating Member (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 06:57 PM
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23. If you hold your breath until your face turns blue
you only pass out and wake with a really bad headache.


And then there were none!
” JAFO”

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cthrumatrix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 02:14 PM
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7. Dean has a machine for 50 states that can win....no need to change.
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 02:15 PM
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8. Very unlikely.
About the only other candidate I could support is Kucinich - and even that is wavering after his dealmaking with pro-war Edwards. Clark is on even more shaky ground after the revelations about his support of the SOA and lobbying for "defense" corporations.
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Jerseycoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 02:16 PM
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9. Doesn't change anything for me at this stage
ABB in the end, but with Clark until then.
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theboss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 02:17 PM
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11. I could become fully on board for Edwards
I've liked him a lot from the beginning, but have always questioned if he could generate enough support. If he finishes in the top two, he would answer that question.
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Voltaire99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 02:21 PM
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13. Hardly
I'll only support a candidate who offers sound positions, a reasonable record of public service, and evidence of a social vision. And I definitely won't support candidates who pander to powerful interests and indulge in theocratic claptrap.

Either the party nominates a candidate worthy of my support, or it doesn't. Either it embraces a progressive future, or it doesn't. Simple as that. Should it fail I'll be content to say adios for another four years and perhaps consider giving it another chance in the future.
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 02:23 PM
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14. With Dean all the way
to the convention. This is a president we're picking, not a homecoming queen.
ABB in November
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 02:25 PM
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16. Heck no
Edited on Mon Jan-19-04 02:26 PM by redqueen
Fickle I'm not. :)

I'll vote ABB, but till Kucinich drops out I'm with him.
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 02:30 PM
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18. No change in support
I will watch to see how it affects the race, but no switching.
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mandyky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 02:52 PM
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20. I won't consider a change until the March super Tuesday
And I think by then Dean will have regained frontrunner status. This Iowa stuff is a last gasp for some. I expect Gephardt, Lieberman and Kucinich to be out on super 7 Tues. in Feb., if they don't win, place or show in any of the primaries.

win, place, show = 1st, 2nd or 3rd place
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arewethereyet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 02:56 PM
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21. no changes, I'm an Edwards guy and an Edwards guy I'll stay
It is great to se emore people have seen the light though I have been expecting this all along.
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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 02:59 PM
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22. I am a Clark supporter
first. Really like him a lot.

I like Edwards for my second choice.

I could live with Kerry. He's kind of running a distant 3rd for me but I won't lose my lunch if he turns out to be the candidate.

MzPip
:dem:
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dusty64 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 07:05 PM
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24. No.
I do see a three way race now into March where before I thought it would only be two.
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maddezmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 07:13 PM
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25. not at this point, but my guy isn't in this one
So I'll wait a few more before I switch. :)
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 07:16 PM
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26. No
I'm with Kucinich as long as he stays in the race. No one else is even close.
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YellowDawgDemocrat Donating Member (181 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 07:29 PM
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27. I already switched from Gep to Dean
I don't expect to be changing. However, the Texas primary is still a couple of months away. I can't vote for Clark, but Kerry or Edwards wouldn't present any problems for me.
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